Hat-holder



No. 750,634. PATENTED JAN. 26, 1904. M. N. GABLE.

HAT HOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 24, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

PATENT ()EEICE.

HAT-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,634, dated January 26, 1904.

Application filed July 24, 1902. Serial No. 116,801. (No model.)

To all whOm it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, MARTIN N. GABLE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Flint, in the county of Genesee and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat-holding attachments for pews and the like.

An object of the -invention is to produce a hat-holder in which a spring for retaining a finger in engagement with a hat also performs the function of a buffer for theend of the finger. Furthermore, an object of the invention is to so position the spring with regard to the finger and its casing as to permit the removal of the spring without disturbing the casing.

IVith the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in both views, and in which- Figure 1 is a view in perspective, representing the invention applied to the back of a pew. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the holder.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a casing having apertured lugs 2 for screws to attach the easing in place. The casing is recessed on the inside and has ears 3, to which the finger 4 is pivoted, said finger having a flat end 5, the edge of which rides over the combined buffer and spring 6. The member 6 is in position to engage the end of the finger to prevent said finger from contacting with the base. The buffer and spring has one end secured to the pew, and the opposite end terminates under the fiat end of the finger, bearing thereon to hold the outer end of the finger against the combined buffer and springybetween which the hat-brim is inserted. Since the spring is positioned to bear against the flat end of the finger, the hat can be released only by pulling the finger back on its pivot.

Having fully described my'invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I 1. In a device of the character described, a casing, a curved finger having a cam edge at its rear end, a pin for pivoting the rear end of the finger to the casing, means for securing the casing to a suitable base, combined spring and buffer comprising a flat piece of metal secured at one end to the base and having its other end extending into the casing and bent up to bear against the cam edge of the finger as and for the purpose described. I

2. In a hat-holder a casing, a hook having an end pivoted in the casing, means for securing the casing to the back of a pew, a combined buffer and spring secured to the pew below the casing, in such position as to be engaged by the end of the hook, one end of the spring extending through an opening in the end of the casing and bent up to press up against the inner end of the hook substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 23d day of June, 1902.

MARTIN N. GABLE. Witnesses:

' EDWARD A. MURPHY,

ELIZABETH CARROLL. 

